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How did the 1192 peace treaty help Christian pilgrims visit holy places?
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Richard I, detail of tomb effigy in the abbey church of Fontevrault-l'Abbaye, France.
The peace treaty signed by Richard I and Saladin on September 2, 1192, concluded the Third Crusade by establishing a three-year truce. While the agreement restricted the Christian presence to a coastal strip between Jaffa and the north, it explicitly granted Christian pilgrims free access to visit the holy places. This provision ensured that, despite the failure of the Crusaders to retake Jerusalem, the religious objectives of many pilgrims could still be fulfilled safely under the terms negotiated by the two leaders.12